“After discovering a tick burrowing into my leg at the weekend, we checked the dog to find nothing,” she told the site. “Within just days, the dog and the house where riddled with them. We’ve had to get pest control in and today, Justin had 85 removed from him under sedation at the vet’s.”

“This week has been an education but wish I knew more about it beforehand so please take the time to know the facts on how to remove them and what to look for,” she continued. “More importantly, don’t just use treatment for fleas but ticks too.”

“It is currently unclear what the exact boundaries are for ticks that carry Lyme disease in Canada, but this is likely a moving target. The Public Health Agency of Canada and Provincial Laboratories are conducting broad surveillance activities,” he explains to Global News.